This course explores a diverse selection of British and US-American gothic writing, from the eighteen-century up to the present day. This course addresses key histories, themes, and conventions associated with the gothic, to encourage critical reflection of the texts. Special attention will be paid to psychoanalytical concepts such as the uncanny, the abject, and the sublime. This course will be online, it has mostly asynchronous elements with a few synchronous elements.
Please make sure you have the copies of the books below:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (preferably Penguin English Library 2012 edition)
The Tell-Tale Heart & Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis